Nobody is the author or producer of his own life story ... somebody began it and is its subject in the twofold sense, namely, its actor and sufferer ... but nobody is the author.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.

One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.

There is a strange interdependence between thoughtlessness and evil.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.

It is the teacher's job to point out mistakes so that an individual doesn't continue to hurt themselves or others.

They might see that you are going to meet a beautiful woman or a beautiful man. They will come to you in dreams and tell you this is going to happen because of them.

Be a storehouse of happy memories.

Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.

Light is quite tactile to me. It has shape and dimension.

It's been a pleasure to bring my talents to south beach now on to Memphis.

I want to be challenged I want to work and I want to feel that I am not being held back that there is something in front of me something more inspiring than just eating breakfast you know.

Thus all Art is propaganda and ever must be.

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.